Saturday, May 3, 2008

Kiamichi Caching


We've had the opportunity to do a little caching in Kiamichi country lately. I used to travel to Poteau, OK. usually at least once a month and have recently started again. Poteau and the surrounding area has quite a few nice places to visit as well as beautiful scenery.
On 29th of April my seven year old played hookey from school and accompanied me on a little trip. We were first to find on a couple of caches in Monroe but our favorite of the day was Old Frisco Trail - Forgotten Trestle by Kiamichi Muskrat. It was hidden on an awesome little bridge that was once part of the old frisco rail line and is now converted to a walking trail.

Our most recent adventure in Kiamichi country involved an afternoon hunt for theCLB's Secret Stache by theCLB. We had previously DNF'd this cache due to being unable to find the right road (reason #214 why I want a GPS with a map on it!) and after being lost for quite some time we gave up. When we started our hunt this second time we ended up lost in the same area. But after awhile and some keen navigating by my wife we found our destination. It was a short walk from the parking area to where the cache was hidden and imagine our surprise when we were greeted by a beautiful waterfall! It was such a wonderful little out of the way spot and is the type of cache that reminds you why you started caching in the first place. It's kind of funny when I think about it but had we never gotten started in this game that would be one memory that our family would have never been able to share together. I love this game!!!

I forgot to add in my previous post that I planted a letterbox in Clarksville during our trip. They have a lot of amazing caches there so hopefully our box "Doolin's Stash" will be a good addition for all of us that letterbox also.

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